Financial quotes of the month

Josef Ackermann, CEO of Deutsche Bank “We should resign ourselves to the fact that the ‘new normality’ is characterized by volatility and uncertainty” Mohammad Safadi, Finance Minister of Lebanon “Looking forward it’s gloomy and at best, the economies will not perform. Far Eastern economies and third-world economies like Lebanon will keep on growing, but not as fast” Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai “Dubai is well” Georges Soros, billionaire investorV “The German public still thinks that it has a choice about whether to support the euro or to abandon it. That is a mistake” Mohammad Jleilati, Syrian Minister of Finance, on the GDP growth of Syria “Now, it will be around one percent, because of the events… maybe between one to two percent” Angela Merkel, German chancellor “We’re facing a challenge which one can call historic. If the euro fails, then Europe will fail” Mohamad al-Jasser, Saudi Arabia’s